Embattled Rep. Phil Hart, R-Athol, headed to court in Coeur d'Alene today to try to appeal the state Board of Tax Appeals' decision to reject his state income tax appeal; he faces an order from the state Tax Commission to pay $53,523 in back state…
Here is a statement from Jon Hanian, press secretary for Gov. Butch Otter, on the wolf de-listing negotiations between Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and the U.S. Secretary of the Interior:“The Governor was encouraged to hear that Secretary Salazar continues to share our belief that wolves are…
Idaho Transportation Department spokesman Jeff Stratten said, "These loads will not exceed the capacity of any bridge on the route. Permits will not be issued if they cannot supply us a configuration that the models show is under the capacity of the bridge." The permit…
The Missoulian newspaper reports today that the four mega-loads of oil refinery equipment proposed for U.S. Highway 12 by ConocoPhillips each will exceed the weight capacity of every bridge on the route in Idaho, and on one of the bridges, the Arrow Bridge, the push-truck…
PERSI, the Public Employee Retirement System of Idaho, will postpone its contribution rate increase that had been scheduled for next July 1, based on the system's current strong funding position and the impact an increase would have on the budgets of public employers and employees…
There's no comment yet from Idaho Gov. Butch Otter on the report from Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer about wolf de-listing talks going bad; Otter is in Las Vegas for a Western Governors Association meeting, and that's where he participated in yesterday's 6 p.m. conference call…
The governor of Montana, Brian Schweitzer, says negotiations to remove wolves from the endangered species list - and allow wolf hunts starting next month in Montana and Idaho - stalled yesterday, when Wyoming and Idaho refused to go along with an Interior Department proposal that…
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